Sean Hartley

Sean Hartley is the director of musical theater at Kaufman Music Center in New York City, where he curates, produces ,and often hosts the series Broadway Close Up and Broadway Playhouse. As a lyricist, composer, and/or playwright,his productions include Prelude To A Kiss (with Craig Lucas, book, and Daniel Messe, composer, South Coast Rep, Milwaukee Rep), Cupid and Psyche (with composer Jihwan Kim, Drama Desk nomination), Little Women (with composer Kim Oler and lyricist Allison Hubbard, Syracuse Stage, Village Theater), Love and Real Estate (with composer Sam Davis, 59E59) and Snow (ASCAP Harold Arlen Award for Best New Musical.) His works for television include the Disney Channel’s The Book of Pooh and Bear In the Big Blue House. 

He has an MA in music education from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied the Dalcroze method with Anne Farber, Bob Abramson, and Ruth Alperson, and he holds a Dalcroze License. He is on the faculty of the Special Music School and is a frequent lecturer on music and theater throughout the country.